the art of architecture
Letharby architecture and introduction to the history and theory of the art of building docx
... PREFACE the Curator, Mr. A. E. Blackwell, and the Board of Directors of the North Devon Atheneum, Barnstaple; the Librarian of the Royal College of Art; Mr. Geoffrey Ireland, who assembled most of the ... days in Egypt, for here we shall best find the origins of architecture as a whole, and origins are of great importance for framing a theory of art. As Professor Petrie says, 'We know more details of the origins ofthe arts in Egypt than in any other land. Today we can ... In a noble living school, size, splendour of material, accuracy of workmanship are graces, but the less there is of these in an essentially mean building the better. When we are going in the wrong direction the right things are on the left. It is all a question of the quality of the effort over a long period of...
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